The Kids Arent Alright Chords & Tabs

The Kids Arent Alright Tab

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T1: Marcus Hynes, ozzy_osbourne23@hotmail.com, Offspring, The Kids
Aren't Alright, 21/02/99
S1: ALl of the other tabs for this song are unaccurate, or they
leave out parts, so here is the full ACCURATE song, THE KIDS AREN'T
ALRIGHT
by the OFFSPRING
from the album AMERICANA
tabbed by Marcus Hynes
symbols used in this tab:
/ slide up
\ slide down
b bend
r release
INTRO
This looks confusing, but it is easy to play,
you just need the know how the song goes.
You can also play this riff on G and D instead of D and A
E:--------------------------------------------------
B:--------------------------------------------------
G:--------------------------------------------------
D:-----6-----6-----6--5-5-5/6------6-----6-5-5-5\6--
A:-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--
E:--------------------------------------------------
E:---------------------------------------
B:---------------------------------------
G:---------------------------------------
D:-----5----5----5-5-5/6---8--6--5-5-5/6-
A:-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6/6---6--6--6-6-6/6-
E:--------------------------------------- X2
E:---------------------------------------------------------------
B:---------------------------------------------------------------
G:---------------------------------------------------------------
D:---------------------------------------------------------------
A:-1--1--1/3--3/4------3-4----------3-4-6-4--3/4-------------------
E:----------------2--2-----4--4-4/6------------------------------ X2
VERSE/CHORUS
Strum each chord 8 times:
E:----------------
B:----------------
G:---------6------
D:-8---4---6---6--
A:-8---4---4---6--
E:-6---2-------4--
SOLO
The solo is kind of hard to tab.
All the bends are full bends, and where it says 16b 18 16r,
you have to bend 16 to sound like 18, then release it back on 16
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/offspring/the_kids_arent_alright_tab_ver_5.html ]
FULL BENDS
E:---------------------------------------------------------------
B:-----------------------------------------/-7b--9b----12b----14b
G:---------------------------------------------------------------
D:---------------------------------------------------------------
A:-8-\----1-----1/3--4----4/6---6-6/8--------------------------
E:---------------------------------------------------------------
E:-------------16----------------------------13---13--13----13---
B:------16^----------16b-(18)-16r--14--16--16b---------------------
G:---------------------------------------------------------------
D:---------------------------------------------------------------
A:---------------------------------------------------------------
E:---------------------------------------------------------------
E:--13--13----13--13----13---13---13--------------------------------
B:-------------------------------------16b---16r--14-------14-16-14-
G:------------------------------------------------------15----------
D:------------------------------------------------------------------
A:------------------------------------------------------------------
E:------------------------------------------------------------------
E:---------------------------------------9---9--------------------
B:-----14-\--9--------------------9---9--------------9------------
G:-15-----------11b---11---11---------------------------10---11/13
D:----------------------------------------------------------------
A:----------------------------------------------------------------
E:----------------------------------------------------------------
E:---------------------------------------------------------------
B:---------------14---14---16b--16--16--16--14---16b~~---14\-----
G:-13--13---13/--------------------------------------------------
D:---------------------------------------------------------------
A:---------------------------------------------------------------
E:---------------------------------------------------------------
OUTRO
Repeat as many times as needed:
E:-------------------------------------------
B:--11--9--11--9--11--9--11--9--11--9--11--9-
G:-------------------------------------------
D:-------------------------------------------
A:-------------------------------------------
E:-------------------------------------------